Innes Lloyd
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George Innes Llewelyn Lloyd (24 December 1925 – 23 August 1991) was a Welsh television producer. He had a long career in
Early life and career
George Innes Llewelyn Lloyd was born on 24 December 1925 in the town of
Acting career
Following his service,
Television career
Wishing to work as a producer or director, Lloyd wished to join the BBC, which he attributed to his love of organisation. He joined the BBC Presentation Department in 1953, and soon moved into Outside Broadcast.[3] As an outside broadcast producer he supervised live coverage of many important sporting events such as the 1959 Wimbledon Championships, the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, a World Cup qualifying match between England and Luxembourg, and Winston Churchill's state funeral. He also produced several series of Top of the Form, an inter-school quiz championship. After producing coverage of the 1965 Wimbledon Championships, Lloyd began to work on narrative series. In 1965, he directed two episodes each of The Flying Swan, the football drama United!, and the soap opera The Newcomers.[3]
Doctor Who
In January 1966, BBC Head of Drama Sydney Newman asked Lloyd to take over production of the popular science fiction series Doctor Who. Lloyd recalled telling Newman "I don't like science fiction at all - in fact I dislike it intensely." Newman responded by telling Lloyd that he would either produce the series or leave the BBC, prompting Lloyd to accept.[3]
Lloyd began his tenure as Doctor Who's producer by overseeing the production of scripts that his predecessor
He was the third producer on the programme and his duration as producer ran for two seasons between The Celestial Toymaker and The Enemy of the World[7] (with the exception of The Tomb of the Cybermen, which was produced by Peter Bryant as a test piece to show that he could take over from Lloyd).[8]
Lloyd made the series more action-orientated and less whimsical than it had been previously, which he had regarded as old-fashioned. He attempted to make the show more realistic, to this end hiring Kit Pedler as an unofficial scientific advisor.[9]
During his tenure as producer the concept of regeneration was introduced, whereby the lead actor in the programme might be replaced. This arose following continuing health difficulties with William Hartnell as the lead actor. Lloyd and story editor Gerry Davis came up with an intriguing way of writing the Doctor out – as he was an alien being, they decided that he would have the power to change his body when it became worn out or seriously injured. Whereas John Wiles, the previous producer to Lloyd, had intended to replace Hartnell with another actor but playing the same character, Lloyd and Davis elected to change the entire personality and appearance of the Doctor. They eventually cast character actor Patrick Troughton, having previously considered another actor, Peter Jeffrey, as well as Peter Cushing, who had played Dr. Who in two Dr. Who movies. Troughton first appeared in November 1966 after the changeover from Hartnell had been seen at the end of the story The Tenth Planet.
Lloyd's era as producer of Doctor Who became known as a monster era. It saw the introduction of recurring monsters such as the Cybermen, the Ice Warriors and the Yeti. He also terminated the purely historical stories[10] prominent in the first three seasons of classic Doctor Who.
Other work
Innes Lloyd also worked on
Personal life and death
Innes was one of his two middle names as well as his mother's maiden name. Lloyd died of cancer on 23 August 1991, aged 65.[12]
References
- ^ a b c Barnes, Alan (2019). "A Sort of Reality". Doctor Who Magazine. Panini Magazines. p. 16.
- ^ "My TV hero: Stephanie Cole on Innes Lloyd". The Guardian. 8 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d Barnes, Alan (2019). "A Sort of Reality". Doctor Who Magazine. Panini Magazines. p. 17.
- ^ "BBC - The Fourth Dimension". BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "The Gunfighters | Doctor Who".
- ^ Barnes, Alan (2019). "A Sort of Reality". Doctor Who Magazine. Panini Magazines. p. 18.
- ^ "Doctor Who – Classic Series – Photonovels – The Enemy of the World". BBC. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ Alex Westthorp (April 2010). "Top 10 Doctor Who producers: Part Two". Den of Geek. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "BBC – Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – Season 3".
- ^ "BBC – Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – Season 4".
- ^ https://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Lloyd%27s_tribute. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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External links
- Innes Lloyd at IMDb